Anyone speak German?

Bling Bling

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Ok, i'm taking German 101. My retard teacher has now asked us to write a whole bunch of crap. We have to write an ad looking for a roommate. We have to include some stuff about ourselves and our expecations of the roommate.

This has to be 400-500 words!!! I don't think i could write that much in english about such a retarded topic. How the hell am i supposed to write it in german when we haven't had any real written assignments?!?!

Arrrgh...foreign language teachers piss me off so much! :|:|:|:|:|:|


Can anyone help me out?
 

Regine

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400-500 words???? Damn!

I speak German, but I'm not sure how much I can help you ;)
 

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Ich spreche etwas Deutsch. Ich studierte Deutsch in der (die? accusativ) Universität.

Ich vergesse. :)

Rob
 

Pappy

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Yes, it is "in der Universitaet" but that is the dativ of "die". I speak German, but I too couldn't write 500 words on that.
 

Bling Bling

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It's a ridiculous topic/assignment. I'm just going to ignore that "expected" total.


Edit: what's that 9 all about?

toph99: babelfish is no good if you don't know what to write. :(:|
 

toph99

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the '9' was instead of putting 'nein' or no ;)
Toolgirl was faster than me :p

you gotta learn how to bullsh!t. just type a bunch of stuff in english(shouldn't be too hard, i've had worse assignments) copy/paste into babelfish. i don't know if babel makes it gramerically correct, but i'll bet most of the people in your class will be using it :p
 

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If you need to, use Babel, but make sure you correct it afterward. Otherwise you'll be found out. Every TA and teacher out there knows about babel now...not like when I was taking German. :)

Rob
 

Damaged

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Uh, yeah. And do you have any idea how much it would cost to run a fscking ad of that length?!! Not only do I find that an unrealistic assignment for a first year, first semester student, it has no bearing in reality.

A 400-500 word ad...for a roommate. LOL! :)
 

Regine

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That's what I said - for that level of class that assignment is bull.
And most of those translation thingies butcher grammar. So often you're better off just typing the thing yourself.
 

starlitt

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Sorry! I took German in High School a few years ago, I can only count in German and say I love you. I might take German in college though. Good Luck with your paper :)
 

apoppin

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Nein, un no (not any more since High School - well I visited Germany; managed to get by).

Just don't mention Vasaline and passed out roommates in your ad. :D
 

Yo Ma Ma

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This is the original request run through babelfish English->German, then translated again German->English :D Doesn't look too bad if you avoid all the slang expressions.



<< I take German 101 to o.k.. My delay teacher now asked us to write a complete bundle crap. We must write a display, which looks room mates up. We must include something material over us and ours expecations room mates with. This must be 400-500 words!!! I do not think that I could write that much on English a topic delayed over such. How hell, did assume are I, in order to write it on German, if we no real written statements?!? had! Foreign language teacher Arrrgh... piss I away as much! Can someone help me out? >>

 

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<< Ok, i'm taking German 101. My retard teacher has now asked us to write a whole bunch of crap. We have to write an ad looking for a roommate. We have to include some stuff about ourselves and our expecations of the roommate.

This has to be 400-500 words!!! I don't think i could write that much in english about such a retarded topic. How the hell am i supposed to write it in german when we haven't had any real written assignments?!?!

Arrrgh...foreign language teachers piss me off so much!


Can anyone help me out?
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LOL you must use the same book I used to. We had to write about getting a roommate. It only had to be 300 words though. I just took my book and copied a lot of stuff down and put it together. We didn't do this until our third year of German. I guess in 101 it would suck.
 

Bling Bling

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Ok, i'm almost done with this thing. I'm pretty much around 400 words because I used up a crap load of space giving information about myself (everyone else in my class is doing the same thing).

Now i just need a few more characteristics/requirements about the roommate. I some basic stuff down, but i need some input from other people because i know i am missing some important stuff.
 

Prodigy^

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&quot;Now i just need a few more characteristics/requirements about the roommate. I [wrote] some basic stuff down, but i need some input from other people because i know i am missing some important stuff. &quot;

hehe, you're asking US to write stuff about YOUR roommate? :p

btw, have you written 400 words in English or German?

CrimsonWolf.....wie kannst du sagen das Duetsch slecht ist wenn wir Deutsch diskutieren?

lol dunno if that was gramatically correct.

oh, and a rant to my German teachers in school........

I DON'T GIVE A HOOT ABOUT ALL NOUNS HAVING TO START WITH A CAPITAL LETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

there :p
 

Regine

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<< Ich habe Duetsch eins. Duetsch ist dumm. Meine Duetschlehrerin ist eine Nazi. >>


Apparently you didn't learn much if you can't even spell &quot;Deutsch&quot; right. And calling any German person a Nazi just because you don't like them is not ok.
 

Deeko

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Guten abend. Ja, ich spreche Deutsch. Ich have Deustch III in der schule. Ich hasse meine klasse, meine Lehrerin hasst mich. Aber, ich habe ein 97, und das ist gut.